World: Carrington on Rhodesia

Bristling at his highhanded tactics, Guerrilla Co-Leaders Mugabe and
Nkomo sometimes accused him of "thinking he is Moses." As chairman of
the 15-week London conference that produced the historic settlement, in
fact, British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington did not hesitate to
impose himself. Operating with a formidable combination of hard-nosed
brinkmanship and shrewd insight, he repeatedly extracted concessions
with what appeared to be daredevil ultimatums.

His now-or-never threats were based on an accurate initial perception:
the time had come when all the parties involvedthe Salisbury regime,
the guerrillas and the so-called frontline African...